I have to date had two small collections of poetry published: Ironing the Hankies, a selection of 20 poems published by the Pikestaff Press in 1999, and Awaiting an Epiphany, published by the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great in 1997. Martin C. Caseley wrote of Ironing the Hankies in the poetry magazine Orbis: 'there are some pleasing epiphanies, and a keen sense of one's own boundaries. The title poem is understated and careful, and the collection as a whole repays rereading.' Of the earlier collection the Catholic Herald reviewer wrote: 'It is this ability to scan the centuries, to move from the specific to the timeless and back again, that makes Awaiting an Epiphany so much more than a poetic guidebook: makes, in fact, a rewarding experience even for those never likely to visit St Bart's.' A poem from each of these collections is featured on this website: 'Tipperary' from Ironing the Hankies, and 'Plainchant and polyphony' from Awaiting an Epiphany.
I have also had poems published in various journals and magazines, including Acumen, Aireings, Cencrastus, Envoi, The Frogmore Papers, Iota, Orbis, Poetry Nottingham International, Resurgence, Stand and Staple. I have a first-class degree in Russian Language & Literature from the University of London and have for several years specialised in translating the poetry of Arseny Tarkovsky (1907-1989). A collection of my translations of Tarkovsky's poems, entitled Life, Life, has just been published by Crescent Moon; one of the poems, 'In Winter', is featured on this website. Translations of individual poems have previously appeared in Chapman, Modern Poetry in Translation, poetry & audience, The Rialto, Sphinx and Stone Soup.